Medieval Times

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This article is about Medieval-themed dinner theater. For the historical time period, see Middle Ages.
Medieval Times Entertainment
Company typePrivate
Founded1983
Headquarters
Irving, Texas
,
United States
Number of locations
9
Websitewww.medievaltimes.com
Medieval Times Building in Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The American locations however are all housed inside replica 11th-century castles.
Part of the performance.

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament is a family dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting performed by a cast of 75 actors and 20 horses. Each location is housed in a replica 11th-century castle,[1] with the exception of the Toronto location, which is housed inside a Beaux-Arts structure built in 1912.

The chain is located in Buena Park, California; Dallas, Texas; Schaumburg, Illinois; Lyndhurst, New Jersey; Hanover, Maryland; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Orlando, Florida and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Medieval Times Entertainment, the holding company for the nine theaters, is headquartered in Irving, Texas.[2]

The chain was featured in the 1996 film The Cable Guy,[3] and the 2004 feature film Garden State. It has also been featured in episodes of TV shows such as Cake Boss,[4] Hell's Kitchen[5] and Celebrity Apprentice.[6]

In October 2011, Medieval Times began an update of its shows in the Dallas location. The music, recorded in Kiev, Ukraine, mixes an orchestra and show choir with "electric guitars and rock percussion", with "a Russian feel". The score is the third to use Daniel May.[7]

References

  1. ^ Duncan, Kimberly Allyson (2008). Insiders' guide to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand (9th ed. ed.). Guilford, CT: Insiders' Guide. ISBN 978-0-7627-4407-7. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Castle Locations." Medieval Times Entertainment. Retrieved on April 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Ramey, Lynn T. (2007). Race, class, and gender in "medieval" cinema. p. 111.
  4. ^ "Tournament of Knights and a Tasty Tiramisu" Cake Boss, TLC, June 14, 2010
  5. ^ "15 Chefs Compete". Hell's Kitchen episode 3. Season 9. July 25, 2011. Fox.
  6. ^ "Getting Medieval". The Celebrity Apprentice. Season 12. Episode 2. February 26, 2012. NBC.
  7. ^ Palisin, Steve (2012-05-31). The Sun News http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/05/31/2855165/medieval-times-ready-to-roll-out.html. Retrieved 2012-06-01. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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